New Orleans: Risky business for insurance

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dc.contributor.authorSimons, John
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:00:35Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:00:35Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractSilver-haired and 62, Jim Donelon has never worked so hard. The New Orleans-born lawyer and politician has suddenly become a traveling salesman of sorts. His pitch: "Come sell insurance in New Orleans." In recent weeks, the Louisiana state insurance commissioner has traveled to Columbia, S.C., to meet the chief executive of Companion Property & Casualty Group, to Seattle to call on the board of the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, and to London, where he spoke to insurers at Lloyd's. "When I talk to executives, I share some positives about the business environment. The levees are being rebuilt," Donelon says. "And more importantly, with our Napoleonic Code [which does not impose punitive damages], we are a much less intimidating litigation environment than our neighboring states.
dc.description.urihttps://money.cnn.com/2007/08/02/magazines/fortune/new_orleans_insurance.fortune/index.htm
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/yojb-kp0p
dc.identifier.citationSimons, John (2007) New Orleans: Risky business for insurance. Fortune.
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 824
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/22808
dc.subjectTeaching
dc.subjectCommunity Redevelopment
dc.subjectNew Orleans
dc.subjectinsurance
dc.subjectHurricane Katrina
dc.subjectinsurance market
dc.titleNew Orleans: Risky business for insurance
dc.typeArticle

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